First DCA Says JCC Should Have Disqualified Himself
In these four consolidated cases, the First District Court of Appeal said that the JCC should have granted the claimants' motions to disqualify him from adjudicating their claims. The motions alleged that the judge should have disqualified himself because of prejudicial remarks which he allegedly made about the claimants' attorney and others who testified against his re-appointment as a judge. Under Fla. R. Jud. Admin. 2.330(f), a judge ruling on a motion to disqualify "shall determine only the legal sufficiency of the motion and shall not pass on the truth of the facts alleged."
You can read the motions to disqualify, along with the JCC's orders denying them, here, here, here, and here.
